People v. Ortega

Opinion

WRIGHT, J.

Appellants, Jake Orlando Ortega and Floyd Dan Rodriguez, were jointly charged with a violation of section 211 of the Penal Code (robbery). The information alleged that both appellants were armed with deadly weapons, to wit, guns, at the time of the commission of the offense. Both men entered pleas of not guilty and each made a motion for severance of trial which motions were denied. At a trial by jury appellants were found guilty as charged and the robbery was fixed as in the first degree. The jury further found that each appellant was armed with a deadly weapon at the time…